Cult Films THE 124 - Summer Session II.
A cult film is characterized by the dissemination of social normalcy by operating within a metonymical framework infused with social taboos that question a social conformity. The range of social taboos challenged by cult films are endless, but is clearly illustrated in films that question sexual orientation value systems. This conceptualization is exemplified with cult films that blur the distinction between man and woman by portraying homosexuals, lesbians, bisexuals, cross-dressers, transvestites, manlike women, and womanlike men. The visual presentation of such imagery violates the primordial ability to differentiate between the sexes, and embodies the fundamental characteristics of a cult film. Although the inability to distinguish a sexual identification can be observed in films from all eras it is most profound when contrasted to the late 1950's and early 1970's American society.
The 1950's are characterized as a banal conformist society scarred with the conclusion of WWII, suburbia lifestyle, nuclear energy, the cold war, limited Human Rights, and McCarthyism. This value system denied sexual exploration and rigidly defined sexual orientation with governmental control. This McCarthyism value system was threatened with the first publicized sex change.
"The big news in February of that year was the return to the States of first publicized sex-change operation. New Yorker George Jorgenson got the Swedish cut-and-paste done to transform himself into Christine." .
As a result, a plethora of laws and regulations were established to govern society value system. McCarthyism claimed that homosexuality was linked with Communism and was coincidently considered a felony, the US Congress enacted a law banning lesbians, bisexuals, and gays from entering the country, The American Psychiatric Association included homosexuality as a "sociopathic personality disturbance" and President Dwight D.
Some people just don't get cult-following films. ... Now, the biggest mistake people make is that they think movies like Star Wars and Star Trek have cult followings. ... Frank) and his creation (Rocky Horror) But either way, cult films are that: not popular at first but wildly so afterwards. ...
Is the cult of celebrities or famous people harming America or any other country? ... I will give specific examples of stalker stories and the effects some celebrities have on society and the public. ... I will also talk about the positive effects of the cult of celebrities. ... So, what exactly is the cult of personality? First of all, the definition of cult is a great devotion to a person, idea, object, movement, or work (as a film or book) or usually small group of people characterized by such devotion. ...
Cults provide a controlled family environment that appeals to potential cult members because it is a removal from the exterior society. Cult recruiters prey on those who see themselves as alienated from the rest of society, and give these people the sense of conformity that they desire. ... No one plans to join a cult unless they see that cult as a possibility for a family, or a better society. ... Cults provide a separate society that appeals to potential cult members because it is a removal from the exterior world. ... In the society outside of the cult decisions must be constantly...
Cults provide a controlled family environment that appeals to potential cult members because it is a removal from the exterior society. Cult recruiters prey on those who see themselves as alienated from the rest of society, and give these people the sense of conformity that they desire. ... No one plans to join a cult unless they see that cult as a possibility for a family, or a better society. ... Cults provide a separate society that appeals to potential cult members because it is a removal from the exterior world. ... In the society outside of the cult decisions must be constantly ...
Cult Cinema and The Killer In his article, Jinsoo Ann claims that The Killer has generated a cult following because of its use of excess violence and plausible impossibilities. ... Ann claims that the meaning is distorted to Western audiences, but I think that Western audiences recognize The Killer as a campy film because Hollywood has its own set of campy and cult films that are comparable to The Killer. ... As for my own analysis of The Killer and Ann's article, I definitely agree that The Killer is a cult film, but I do not think that it is misinterpreted. I think that Weste...
The first aspect of cults that one will consider is the type of cults that are in society; the second is what type of people join cults and why they join; the third is the kind of rituals that are performed within cults; the last aspect of cults is how people become deprogrammed after being part of a cult. ... The first type of cult is the totalistic cult. ... The second type of cults would be the non-totalistic cults. ... Cults are seen as secretive and private and outside mainstream society; the perception is that they are different and strange and are viewed with suspicion, distrust, even f...
What causes people to join cults? ... Another example of cults would be the Branch Davidian Cult that existed in Waco, Texas. ... "Persons who desire limited rewards that exist but who lack the social power to obtain them will tend to affiliate with sects, to the extent that their society possesses a dominant religious tradition supported by the elite". "People, who desire limited rewards that exist, but who lack the social power to obtain them, will tend to affiliate with cults, to the extent that their society does not posses a dominant religious tradition supported by the elite". ... "Soci...
Cults There are many types of cults in the world, cults are everywhere but you just do not see them. ... Cults can be involved in churches and even are earliest religions are called cults. ... Although sects are against church attempts to accommodate to secular society. ... Cargo Cults Cargo cults are usually neutralist and are in it for money. ... Conclusion In today's society, cults are one of the many unfortunate aspects endure in life. ...
From this fear, society has learned much about cults, how they get members and what to look out for as far as cult recruiters go. Society as a whole has also learned what can be done to deal with cult activity and the fear that surrounds it. ... A cult is "a therapeutic or unconventional religious movement (McBride, 1985,22)," and the more Cults that fall beneath the public eye, the more serious the fear of cults become. ... Although the cult was dangerous there was a cult that shocked the world. ... "He preached a 'social gospel' of human freedom, equality, and love, which ...
